Guest Post by Dan Mills.
“The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed—for lack of a better word—is good.
Greed is right.
Greed works.
Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
Greed, in all of its forms—greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge—has marked the upward surge of mankind.”
—Wall Street, 1987.
After years of teaching my business writing and business communication classes with “traditional” textbooks, I took a chance and began incorporating literature and films into my courses. To find out about the time my classes and I spend with David Mamet, Oliver Stone, Machiavelli, and Aristotle, consider attending my STC webinar “Literary Education of Business Communication.” (Ed. note: Click for more information and to register.)
During this webinar I will share with you success stories, lessons learned, and new ways of thinking about both professional writing and literature. I will also reveal the way I have used these nontraditional “texts” to instruct my students about business ethics and their relationship with professional writing.
A – Attention: Do I have your attention?
I – Interest: Are you interested?
D – Decision: Tick tock, tick tock
A – Action: Pull the trigger . . .
Wednesday, 2 June, 1:00-2:00 PM EDT (GMT-4).